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The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-02
Household Hints.

Bent whalebone can be restored and
used again by silaPly soaking in water a
few hours ben drying them.
Skim milk and water, with a little bit
Of glue in it, made scalding hot, will
restore black Grape. If elapped and
pulled dry it will look as good as new.
If roses are wilted before they can be
put in water, immerse the ends of the
stalks in very hot water for a minute or
two, and they will regain their pristine
freshness.
It is agood plan to wrap cans of fruit
in newspapers and put them away in a
dark, cool place. The wrapping in
paper and keeping in the dark is under
stood to prevent the bleaching of the
fruit.
Oil cloths should never be washed in
hot soap suds; they should first be
washed clean with cold water, than
rubbed dry with a cloth wet in milk.
The same treatment applies to a stone or
slate hearth.
O.l-cloth may be improved in appear
ance by rubbing it with a mixture of
half ounce of beeswax in a saucerful of
turpentine. Set this in q warm place until
they can be thoroughly mixed. Apply
with a flannel cloth, and then rub with
a dry flannel.
For stains on white goods, dissolve
one ounce of pure pearlash in a pint Of
soft water, and to this solution add a
lemon peeled and cut in smelI slices;
keep the mixture in a warm place for q
few days, then strain il. and bottle the
clear l;quiI for use. A little of this
poured on the. stains will remove them;
as soon as they disappear the cloth
should be washed.
A bottle afAxaentine should be4keps
1nevsfy houses,for its uses are numerous.
A few drops
congregate win cxterminate them at
once; also ants, red or black. Moths
will flee from the odor of it. Besides, it
is an excellent application for a burn OF
cut. It will take ink stains out of white
muslin, when added to soap, and will
he.p to whiten clothes if added to them
while boiling. e
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stvres u Hair Dresaing.


Ehe style Of hair changes with as much
suIaSity al tho dress or hat. The ar
agement of the hair is half the toilet
1t iady. It isa great study to arrange
seemingly, as the shape Of the head
IN maah 10 do with it. The "Baby Bang"
Milt be the bang of the season. L IS
SAaae n soft, fne hair, and cut in snch
Hss 4 III give Il that gracesnl curl
atsen 70 al children's hair. T will
~ WaFa By quite young ladies and
Ngaag married ladies, though several
sAa whose better natures have
esA overcome b. age, affect them.
1he Fedora and tho .tMikadp'' are
Nsallss I tho old style Of bang, but
saA IS additional twist to them have
hseelae popular with their ame
~ best arrangement Of the back hail
MtAe Immigrant Braid The hun
ksaaa ef immigrant girls who have com
A Castle Garden during the last twt
a1kahs little thon .ht their simple style
laAit dressing wouI reach the society
seaes u this great city. II i . style,
NsEe. TINT msy never become popu-
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The treatment of many thousands OF cases
of those chronic weaknesses and disLresslag
aiirnents peculiar to females, at the inyaIlus
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, y. 4,
has afforded a vast experience IN nlcely
adapting and thoroughly testing remeales
for the cure OF woman's peculiar malaa.es.
mr., Pfercess FavOrfae Ercscr1paaoa
ia the outgrowth, or result, OF TINS greas
and valuable experience. Thousanas "
Sestimonials, received from patients ana tha
from physicians who have tested IL ia tns
more aggravated and obstinate cases Whien
had bafied their skill, prove ls CD pe Ine
most wonderful remedy ever deVlseu ZOE
the relief and cure of suffering women II
IL NOT recommended as a cure-aH, oue
as q most perfect Specific for woman
a. = powerful invigoFatfflg tonic.
Il imDarts strength to the whole system,
and to the uterus, or womb and It's aps-
nendares, in particular. For overWorked
tswnrn-Out,' s rundown debilitated teacn-
erss miIliIers, d~ressmakers, seanastresses,
S~siou-piris." h-ousekeepers, nursing noLn-
err and feeble women generally, u
Piereeis Fayorite Prescription is the great
esf earthly boon, being unequalled as Y.
snnefizing cordial and restorative tonic. \
promotes digestion and assimilation o. 1000
Address. WORIlDsS disc
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Fashion Notes.

White corduroy will be used for some
handsome suits this season.
Fine large ,urquoises, plainly set, are
in high favor at the present time.
Tie hideous leg of mutton sleeves
threaten to be fashionable again.
Partisan milliners are using flowers
very extensively for bonnet trimmings.
Tournures, which word being trans
lated means bustlcs, are going out OF
style,
New laces for millinery uses are partly
of silk and partly of linen, and show
stripes like colored braid.
Belts of gilt galloon and richly bead
ed belts are much used, with dog collar
and wristbands to match.
Some of the new bonnets have
slight face trimming of fine flowers just
inside the top Of the brim.
Both wool md silk materials Of al
weights and qualities show various
styles of weaving in one fabric.
The back Of basques is gradually be.
coming much longer, aud may be plain,
or shirred, or cut with bias forms.
Lawns, percale and coutille or jean,
as thick almost as pique, are the eottoI
fabrics most used by French dressmak-
ers.
Dresses in general are becoming more
and more intricate in their composition,
even those comparatively simple in ap-
pearance.
Walking costumes are very popular.
They are generally of some light cloth OF
fancy wooden material. combined will
plain silk:
Blouse waists with belts all around.
and basques with blouse fronts and CIR
dies are favoritc bod:ccs for imported
dresses of light fabrics.
Some of the new satccns have as de-
signs tennis implements, oars crossed,
snow-shocs. toEoggan figures and the
like, upon dark grounds.
A constant search is kept up fog new
ways of utilizing the beautiful India
shawls, which as shawls, are no longer
countenanced by fashion.
A popular decoration for the hair is q
Rhinestone butterfly nestled amid three
short, full ostrich feathers in what is
known as Princess of Wales fashion.
The newest black lace materials are
made in stripes of velvet alternating
with lace insertions, either Of French
lace like Chantilly or malquise, or else
guipure.
Some of the newest jerseys show q
complete alteration in form. They are
welI-shaped bodices, which adapt
fhemselses.te --J ~ it
of the glove fabric, not stockinette, the
former being more silky and fine in
weaving.
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Cold Not Good Enough.

~ had occasion 10 go down to
Georgia on some business" says Senator
Fair to q San Francisco Examiner re-
porter. II got off at a little station,
and Ter stopping a day went up to the
ticket agent to buy a ii ket back to
Washington. I had nothing but gold
ID nv pocket. and threw down q $50
gold piece. The agent, q young fellow,
picked it up, turned it over in his hand
deliberately, aud then looked me squarely
IN the face AMI said: That may be
ALL rigsst, mister, but ] never saw one OF
those things before, and Is I'm on.y get
tins a small salary, / emit take the risk
Of accepting it. II the company would
not accept it, ] would have to plank
dawn the full amount Here was an
-am,,siuo dilemma. AsI did not have
aav ether kind Of money with me, ]
started ont to End some who knew
! rood dollar when he saw one. Luck
;lu 1 ran across an old man, and brought
him hack with me to sec tho agent. Ihe
old fellow said he had not seen any
cold since the war, but he knew the ~
aold piece was all right. Both Of U
finally persuaded the agent to take ths
cold in payment for q ticket. But
don't ! know, that agent was still i
aonbt. for he carefully took my nam
and address, and made me promise g
send seo in good money 1.-THE com
nanv refused to take The gold"
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Agony is Ceurted

BY persors who, attac' ed by a mild form OF
rheumatism. no slect to see< prompt relief.
Subsequent torture Is prevented by an imme-
diate resort 10 Ro.tetter's Stomach Bitters.
Slight exposure, an occasional eraught, Will
beget this painful malady, whers there is a
predisposition to it in the b.co1. 1t is not diff
cult to arrest the trouble at the outset, but
well nigh impossible to erad.ca'e it when ma
turei. No evidence in relatioI to this superb
blood deparent is more positive than that
which es: ablishes its efficacy as a preVenta-
tive and @ remedy for lhcl1atism. Not only
is it thorough, but safe, which the vege abe
and mineral poisons, often taken as curatiyes
of the disease, are not. Besides exEelling the
rheumat C virus from the system, tovercomes
fever and ague, biliousness, constip ltion and
dyspepsia.
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A Urea. English tscmrIy.

A famous physician, many years agoo, with
The aid of an English chemist, fornlulat ted IL
pl preparation which effected remarkable eu es
of liver diseases, BILE, indigestion, etc., and
from a small beginning t ere arose a large de-
mand and sale fLrit which h ever increased
ant i, after general CHS have passel |, is popu-
larity has become de. The lame of
this celebrated remedy is Cookies Anti-Bil-
ious Pills.
To such travelled Americans as have become
acquainted with the great merits of ,hase Pills
$50 unlike any others, and whof ave ever stree
fesoi ted 10 their ~ in cases of need, common
,1atiol is unnecessarily. But to those tpho hare
rot used them and hare no kioriedge of their
tBondeftm CirtNes, ne noe fnrtte attention.
The use of these Pills ir the United States s
already large Their i tue: have never varied,
and will stand the test % any Gin ate. They
are advertised in cur co, umns-not in q ia
grant ma sner, but n-odesIly: for the great
praie bestowed upon them by high authors
ties renders il unuec -ssary, even distast@-
full. to extol their me its beyohd pain, Hnyar-
nished staten g is.
Fe SONS a fiicted W tn indisest:on or any bill
ious or liver trouble, klrbilI he T III mind
Cookies Anti-Bil Gus Pals, and should ask
for them of their druggist, and il he has n t
got them. insist that he should ~ihnmes
cially for themselves OF any WLr r.:saa the
IF whom the can he~had
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- - a x- a e9 Fsy7rTwTTENTPTY

I'm pregnancy, "Favoritl -ssescription"
is a "mother's cordial" relieSssg nausea
weakness of stomach and other istresslng
ymptom common to that condI ION: lt
lis use is kept up in the latter me itns OF
CESSATION, it so prepares the system t'F ues
livery as to greatly lessen, and many r'ncs
almost entirely do away with the su1er- q
of that trying ordeal.
tsFayorite Prescription, when taken
in connection with the use OF Or. itefce g
Golden Medical Discovery. ana small AKA
five doses Of DR.. Pierce's Purgafiye Peieas
little Liver Pills, cures Liver, Kidney ana
Eindder diseases. Their combined use also
removes blood taints. and taboishes can
eeroys and scrofulous humors from INC
ss asEavorite Prescription is the only
medicine for women sold, by drugelsts,
MIssier n positive guarantee from inc
manufacturers, that it will give safis1ac-
ton in every case, or money viii be re,
funded. This guarantee has been printed
IN the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully car,
,;ad ost for many years. Large pOtties
rW doses 500, or six bottles 1or
e Send ten cents in stamps for Gfo
pierce's large, illustrated Treatlse uoo
nages5 on Diseases of Women.
Goa MAIN street, BUFFALO, n. Y.
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Ho,o sno,g Affects the climate.

The masses of snow and ice known as
glaciers, which are found upon high
mountains, have been the object OF many
studies; and it is a m.tter to be @
dered at the same has not beer the case
with the immense beds of snow that
every winter cover parts of Europe,
Asia and America, to disappear in the
following spring. Il has perhaps been
thourht that the latter have less inffu.
once upon climate in general than upon
other more special phenomena. But the
observations that follow will tend 20
show that this influence exists and the
subiect is well worthy to be studied.
j bel Of snow covering the ground
acts as a bad conductor. and renders
the exchange Of temperature between the
s~urface of the ground and the lower
stratum Of the atmosphere slower THAI
il would be if the snow were absent.
This il 4 result Of tho porous structure s.
snow. the interspaees OF which are hl.ea
with air. In this matter the condiflof
If the snow is of considerable I'M
porsance; the minute crystals formed Ds
cold are poorer conductors than the
larger fakes; but If the sno by alter
nately thawing and freezing assumes tne
form called ncve, it becomes a mucf
better conductor of heat. Farmers y
countries that enjoy cold winters ar
veil aware Of the protective nature 9
tile snow covering. and do not fear 70
their grain when il Is thick.
The presence cfsnow thus assures
higher temperature to tho upper laye'
If liz soil than it would otherwise have
and fts thickness is an equally importan
factor Nth its structure. But its efse
S. the air i different, for Il separate
HE air nom the warmth which withou
s. nrcsence would escape from II
urouud. Sow also exercises 90 ir
..rsant influence through its power
saaiation. which IS dependent On i
uhiteness and the extent Of hs surfac'
~ ii which thickness II not facfol
-IpopuIar Science Monthly.
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.,,res nausea, weakness of stomach, lnol-
pestion. bloating and eructations q gas;
Az n soothing and stFelagtneilial
nervil,e." Favorite Prescription is uE,
en,1alled and is invaluable in aliayln2 ana
subduing nervous e~xcitabIaty. ~irrftanaalIss
Exhaustion, prostration. hysterla, spasnss
and other distressing, nervous symptoms
Commonly attendant upon functional q
organic disease Of the womb. IL lndnees
refreshing sleep and relieves mental ah2-
s ar. T%siercess FaVorite Prescription
il q legitimate medicine, sa ae !
compounded by an experienced and skiilIui
nhysician, and adapted to wnmans deilcaIe
erganization. 1t is purely vegetable IN Us
composition and perfectly harmless IA ie
ofrecfs I'M anv condition of the system.
aFsvOrftc Prescription " IS a posi-
tive cure for the most complicated ana
nbst;nafe cases of 1eucorrhea, or whltes,
Excessive flowing at monthly periods, pam
fnl menstruation. unnatural suppressions,
nrolaDsus or falling of the womb weak
back. "female weakness" a~nteyerslon, re-
troyersion, bearing-down sensations, cnTon-
ie congestion, Inflammation and ulceTatloh
Of the womb, Inflammation. PAIN a Iti-
derness in ovaries, accompanied VILE III
! ternal heat"
r-..- .rEmvrAr. ASSOCIATION, Y
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riae view York ssirl,s style.

II correspondent of the Providence
Journal writes: There is an air of chic
aud akyls about the New Yorker which
II uamistakable. II distinguishes her at
oaea from the modest Bostonian and the
aspiring Philadelphian, and stamps her
" somebody in whatever part of the
world she may be. The clothes she
WexEs are not different in cut or material
from those that other American girls in
tho samc circumstances POSSESS. True,
zhe spends an alarming sum annually
spon her ravishsny toilets, but then
RgisciIla Faneuil Of Beacon street and
Martina Penn of Rittenhouse square
would show very much the same extrav-
sgancc If their little account books could
Be examined. Put the New Yorker has
decided advantage. Her 1.-THE and
supple figure lends itself readily to any
ssyle Of garment, however grotesqu, or
strange, and transforms it at once from
~raficature into th. most elegant thing
anaginabse. Whatever she puts On be
hgnes her. Huge hats, which staggcr
1aahicnable women4HHh other cities, have
i peculiar grace and charm upon the
nds-Sf the stately beauties who prom
eAhda Fifth emu High bonnets
e1ass to Be ridiculous, and the mln who
lpyes 10 crack cruel jokes about the abb
azdity Of modera headgear i silent
Wien Ne sees the beMitching effect Of
lsity quilts and ribbons surmounting an
arsh md piquant face. The tremendous
tsarnure, which looks 50 exaggerated
saywhsre else, suddenly strikes Us 5
picturesque and beautiful addition t.
feminine toilet when the New
XeSker adds it to her draper,es OF SILK
ana aaIle. No other womln can ap'
Euaeh her in style.
zhs famous French millincrs vow
Asf their work becomes q pleasure Whcn
ths daughter Of d New York millionaire
pgsa herself into their hands with acarts
AlArche. Taey can turn her out q divine
Aeiag without a rival on earth for VIVA
nature has forgotten to do in the way o
hsausg, art can very readily supply L
hes case.
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women outnumber mem.

III i collection of statistics based upon
4he last census we find the following
points of interest, : says the Atlanta Con-
stitution:
The total population of the Union, as
giyen in round numbers, is: Males, u.s.
5fs, 900; females, 81, 036, 600. The total
annual deaths were: Males, 39t, 900; fe-
saaIes, 1854, 600. In proportion to the
popuIation, s68, 900 women should have
died TO maintain the same relative NOR
tally with the men.
of the defective classes there were of
idiots, 45, 900 males and 81, 600 females.
III proportion there should have been
"a. 600 female idiots. OF the blind there
were 26, 900 males and %, 900 females.
Ii proportion there should have been "a
600 blind woTnen
or the deaf mutes there were Is, 900
na!ds and Is, 600 females. In proportion
there should have been II, 900 deaf mute
omen
III aIuas-houses there were 50, 900 men
lid 81, 600 women. In proportion there
shoald have been 50, 900 pauper women.
Ill prisons there were 81, 900 mel and
LOO w9lnep. To maintain the proper
aea there should have been Sc, 600
Tonasn IN prison, or ten times as many as
Mere.
The only place where the weakness oil
women was shown was in tie matter OF
Insanity, the statistics of which give Al
100 men and II, 900 women in public
aglums. To maintain the relation there
should have been only II, 600 insane
Wou.sr. When, however, it is considered
ho# mach cause for female dementia is
contributed by the men the small number
cf crazy women is notable,
N
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That pan ont richly, ar, not SO abundant as In
the ed .iy California days, tut ito g who write
to Ha lett & Co, Portland, Name. will, b. re.
turn ma /, receive free. full IN incarnation about
work which they can do and i've at home,
whereyet they are level l, Il a, W II pay them n !,
sex. young or old. Capital not required; ytu
are started in business free. Those w%o start
at once are absolutely sure of sn G Little fer
tuns s.
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He Realized 1t.

aYoung man, said an apostle sol
emily, @do you realize, when you re-
tire al night, that You may be called
before the morning dawns?
ayes, sir" responded the young man,
az realize it fully. I am the father OF
q threa-weeks-old babv."-Pu@k.
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Tso,,

Wife-John, the stove needs more
coal, right away.
Husband-can't stop nov. Im reaa-
nag i war paper
Wife-WeIl, you'll have an opportu-
nitv 10 write ono, if yon don't come
right away.-[Tid-Bits.
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SEVERAL cases Of physiealand mental
wreck are reported as the result OF
nsing the new anasthetic, cocaine, in
excess. Confirmed insanity has been
produced by less than two years IN
diligence. and the moral nature, as IN
the Isl of the opium habit, is very
speedily undermined.
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Hnm PALE Van Arel

II freeuant,y the exclamation Of n, lady to
The TACT Il not q pleasant one to
have mentioned, but the act may ba a kindly
for il sets the enc addressed to thinking,
apprises her Of the facs that sho is not in good
health, and leads her oseei a reason therefor.
first stages of consumption. The system is en-
feebled, and the hood is impoverished: DR.:
I ierce's Golden Med cal Discovery will act
poyerished blood, AMI restore roses 10 the
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-02

A NEW absorbent preparation is made
from the %cocoanut fiber. 1t is called
cofferdam, and VIII hold like, a sponge
from twelve to fourteen times its own
weight of water.
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WY does . young man embracing
his girl at the garden gate, just as the
old man approaches, remind you OF
love scene at the theater? Because he
Is hugging his girl before the foot
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=. We'll, then. why don't you do so meth ny 10
s}.hg PACK aha ro:es 10 her cheeks Il ana the
ing from nervous debility, the rcsu t of fema e
weakness? A bottle or DR.. Pierue's orite
Prescription will brighten those pale checks
and send new life through IL at wasting form
Il you lof e her. take heed.
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Table Linen

Always take the table cloths from the
line while still damp, repeating the
shaking and swapping process as Ion as
the time and strength will permit. If
allowed to become perfectly dry on the
line there will be wrinkles in the table
linen that it will be difficult if not inn
possible to iron out. Care must be TAX
en- as to how they are hung up in the
first place. Drnot let them be dragged
all out of shape by hanging from a sim
gle clothespin or being thrown over the
clothes post, making a projecting cor
ncr that will be next to impossible to
get out without wctting the cloth all
over. When they have been thoroughly
shaken, join them evenly ON a straight,
firm line. Take care that the pins are
clean, and the line as well, They should
never be allowed to whip or flap in a
very high wind. Fine linen is often
seriously injured by this. 4 quiet day
and a bright sun is the best time for
doing up fine goods Of this sort. Never
dry them indoors or BY the fire if it can
be avoided. They cannot smell as c'ean
and have ssthe exquisite odor of clean
clothes" that a famous knight of old pre-
ferred to all other perfume.-[New York
Sun.
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Gena samuel I. Given. Ex-Chief OF P9'lce.
phiIadelnhia, Pa, writes: Years ago We
n~ermanently cured by St Jacobs ~. .oi,v
had no occasion 10 use = since. { a-s won.
deyfni.s Sold By Druggists and gealers every
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1t is not = cireumscribed sitnasi nad ants: not
ss 9 narrow ! ~ ssndy IL sc'encs. but narrow.
NAY ssaaE sa,i WI eli prevents q man IRON s. nbort
inc Iii sides and hearing all INNS,
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Delicate Children, Nursing

Mothers, 0verworked Men. and for all diseases
where the tissues are vast ng away from tho
inability to digest ordinary food, or from over
work of the brain or body, al such should
take SCoTT's EMULSION OF Purs Cod Liver Oil
with Hypophosphites. II us,d the Emulsion
on q lady who was delicate, and threatened
with Bronchitis. 1t PUT her in such good hath
and flesh, that | must say it is the best Emul
sion l ever used."-L4 P. WADDELL M. D.,
Hagh's Mills, S. C..
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Without the guiding power oil reason there
is not a virtue which canno be imagined a
vice.
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-. "a "A &C Significant only IN
What We aa iss4e Thar We are going On. FOR
tnat r. md the question is not ~ Iat
"a anp I, 81 Inf What are yon9e not aass
ran Il IN getting on?'' but LAYS sUu 80
rninsa9 ON2
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No man can be happy without friend, no
| e sure of his friend till he is unfortunate.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-02

The best cough medicine is Pisn's Cure for
Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-02

Every gre t and commanding movement in
the annals of the world is the product of en-
thusiasm.
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The willows CIV themselves to every wind.
out Of shame f1I slleir unfrulttulness.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-02

Daughters. Wives and Mothcrs.
Send for Pamphlet on Female Diseases. fres
securely sealed. DR.. J. Is. Marchisi, Utica, NY
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-02
All desire is an attempt to escape from pa

If you have catarrh, usc the surest remedy
DR.. Sage's.
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A Wonderful Machine and Offer.

Hope springs from sclf-respect; hope is the
companion of power and the mother ofsuccess.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-02

Happiness is neither within nor without u;
t is the union of ourselves with God,
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-02

To Introduce them W; give away l,01) S If
operating Wash. ng Machines. No labor or
washb ard. Best in Tho wo-ld: If You want
one, write Tee Nat onal Co., n Dey ST., N. Y.